Well, it's that "atonement" is meant to be gotten from whites living now, who never had anything at all to do with slavery. It's a "sins of the father" sort of thing, except in this case, it's more like "great-great-great-etc-grandfather", since American slavery ended many generations ago, and even the grandsons of slaves and slave-holders are all long dead.
Well, it's that "atonement" is meant to be gotten from whites living now, who never had anything at all to do with slavery. It's a "sins of the father" sort of thing, except in this case, it's more like "great-great-great-etc-grandfather", since American slavery ended many generations ago, and even the grandsons of slaves and slave-holders are all long dead.